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IL - Passed!! I failed Lateral last fall & passed Gravity last fall. I felt about the same this April, but I guess I passed!

Continental Testing (IL) says they have the results, and the hope to be sending them out in 1 week. My grade is not online yet.

IL requires SE licensure for all structural projects, so that is the main reason. I am also in the process of going for full structural licensure in all States of the US.

According to ASCE 7-05 section 11.2, a Structural Wall is defined as: "Walls that meet the definition for bearing walls or shear walls." My understanding is that this would mean that the anchorage should be designed in accordance with section 12.11.

The $75 re-grade is only for the morning portion though. NCEES says there is no way to have the afternoon portion re-graded. Here is the link that NCEES sent me: http://www.ncees.org/Exams/Pages/Scoring/Manual_verification_requests.php Plus, it doesn't look like IL allows re-grading.

ADB did you get your results from Continental Testing? If so, did you get a breakdown on both the afternoon and morning?

Wood and/or masonry structure: Unacceptable Concrete structure: Unacceptable General analysis: Improvement required Steel structure: Improvement required Now I know this is going to sound like a typical excuse, but I knew how to do almost every part of every problem in the afternoon session...

I just got my results, and they don't give the multiple choice breakdown. This grading is so convoluted that it's hard to tell if something got messed up on their system or not.

The results are posted on http://continentaltesting.net/OnlineStatus/Login.aspx. It just doesn't have the breakdown.

Yes it is. I am still waiting for my results by mail so I can see what went so wrong on my exam.

1. You can take the PE before you have 4 years of experience, you cannot take the SE before you have 4 years of experience. 2. The PE is only useful for getting licensed in other states. 3. I am not sure if most states will accept the SE instead of the PE. I started with the PE before my 4...

Thanks to you also McEngr, I hadn't seen your response before now. I am somewhat familiar with Steel seismic, but I definitely have to get more into the rest of the materials for SDC D. It looks like the 2012 exams will be based on IBC 2009, which is good news since IBC 2012 adopts ASCE7-10...

I just checked the California requirements for what portion of an NCEES record they accept for comity, and they said they except the references, so I wonder if the references do not need to be California SEs if you transfer your NCEES record to them.

Thanks for the advice bwherrmann! Apparently, I have some studying to do :)

I'm from Chicago. There is no seismic in the Chicago Code ;) Does anyone who passed the Lateral portion have any recommendations on good reference materials for seismic? Especially for concrete special zones and moment details? I have the Guide to the Seismic Load Provisions of ASCE 7-05, but...